HP 10504 - Planning IRF Fabric Setup; Planning IRF Fabric Size and the Installation Site

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1. Plan IRF fabric setup.
Plan the installation site and IRF fabric setup parameters:
• Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site
• Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs
• Planning IRF topology and connections
• Identifying physical IRF ports on the member switches
2. Install IRF member
switches.
See "Installing the switch."
3. Power on the switches.
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4. Configure basic IRF
settings on each switch
in standalone mode.
See HP 10500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
5. Connect the physical
IRF ports.
Connect physical IRF ports on switches.
6. Enable IRF mode.
See HP 10500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
7. Verify the IRF settings.
Log in to the IRF fabric at any member switch and verify that you can configure
all member switches as if they were one node.
8. Configure other
settings in IRF mode.
See HP 10500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Planning IRF fabric setup
This section describes issues that an IRF fabric setup plan must cover.
Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site
Plan IRF fabric size and the installation site, using the following procedure:
1. Use HP 10500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide as a reference to identify the number of
member switches that your system software version supports for an IRF fabric.
All member switches must use the same system software version.
2. Choose switch models for your network.
The member switches in a 10500 IRF fabric must be the same model.
3. Select LPUs that can provide 10-GE/40-GE/100-GE ports.
The switches require 10-GE/40-GE/100-GE ports for IRF connection. For more information about
LPUs, see "Appendix B FRUs and compatibility matrixes."
4. Selec
t XFP/SFP+/QSFP+/CFP transceiver modules and fibers for long-haul IRF connection, or
select SFP+/QSFP+/QSFP+ to SFP+ cables for short-haul IRF connection. Select 10GBASE-T
twisted-pair cables for short-haul IRF connection.
For more information about transceiver modules and cables, see "Appendix B FRUs and
compatibility matrixes."
5. Plan the installation site.